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SILENT ERA FILMS ON HOME VIDEO
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Adventures of
Prince Achmed
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 2002 Milestone Film & Video edition
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated,
with Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film (1999), color and black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film & Video, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID1017MLSDVD, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered? DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English? language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles?, chapter stops, keep case, $29.99.
DVD release date: 3 December 2002
Country of origin: USA
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This edition of this amazing feature-length animated film has been prepared from 35mm materials and features a new stereo recording of the original 1926 music score, as originally prepared by the British Film Institute.
The supplemental material includes an optional voiceover narration soundtrack, the documentary Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film written and directed by Katja Raganelli, a 1921 animated advertising trailer by Lotte Reiniger, and a still photo gallery.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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 2001 BFI Video Publishing edition
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 65 minutes, Classification PG,
with Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film (1999), color and black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.
BFI Video Publishing, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number, ISBN 5-035673-005231.
Full-frame 4:3 PAL, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc, Region 2, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, £19.99.
DVD release date: 23 July 2001.
Country of origin: England
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This edition of this amazing feature-length animated film has been prepared from 35mm materials and features a new stereo recording of the original 1926 music score.
The supplemental material includes an optional voiceover narration soundtrack, the documentary Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film written and directed by Katja Raganelli, a 1921 animated advertising trailer by Lotte Reiniger, and a still photo gallery.
United Kingdom: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 PAL DVD of this edition from Amazon.co.uk. |
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